Thursday, May 27, 1999 Published at 20:36 GMT 21:36 UKYugoslavia condemns indictmentSlobodan Milosevic with his wife: Says people are still behind himText of report by Serbian radio on 27 May:

The federal government has issued a statement following the
announcement by The Hague tribunal chief prosecutor on the
indictment of top officials of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia and Serbia, as well as top officials in the army and
police, which is the most shameful action and ultimate
hypocrisy, because the charges are brought by war criminals -
those bombing our country on a daily basis and killing innocent
civilians - against those who are defending the freedom, honour
and dignity of our country.

The statement stresses:

The federal government concludes with indignation that
this is yet another case of manipulation by the Nato aggressor
and yet another proof that The Hague tribunal is not an
institution of justice but purely a means of implementing
Washington's and Brussels' instructions.

This is yet another attempt to pull the wool over the eyes
of the world community in order to cover up responsibility for
the crime of genocide against the people of Yugoslavia.

Militaristic circles are trying to prevent a further
erosion of support for the aggression and to prevent mass
demands by the world community to halt Nato's senseless
aggression, massacres of civilians and barbaric destruction.

The moment when a diplomatic offensive is gaining strength
and when a large majority of humankind is supporting a peaceful
solution, has been decided.

This act continues and intensifies the well-known policy
of demonisation and accusation of our entire nation.

'Nato's genocide'

This is an
attempt to declare that the victims are the culprits and to
cover the Nato leaders' responsibility for the genocide against
the people of our country.

Louise Arbour is just a puppet in the hands of the masters
of war, a part of the aggressor's machine, which is
manipulating world public opinion through an illusion of
justice and protecting those responsible for the genocide
against the people of Yugoslavia.

This job, however, is
becoming increasingly difficult because the world is becoming
increasingly aware of these covert games, the inversion of
premises and moves such as today's statement by Mrs Arbour.

'Serb unity'

This shameful move, although aimed at breathing life into
Nato's exhausted propaganda machine and camouflaging rifts in
the Nato alliance, will achieve one certain result - even
stronger unity of the people and leadership of our country in
their just struggle for freedom.

Instead of those defending their people and state, the
court should try those who ordered and carried out the
unprecedented crimes and massacres against the citizens of
Yugoslavia, people like Javier Solana, Wesley Clark and their
masters in Washington and London - William Jefferson Clinton
and Tony Blair.

Cowards and officers without honour, politicians without
morals and even a semblance of humanity are killing women and
children, sick people in hospitals and babies in maternity
wards on a daily basis.

They are disrupting traffic on major
European communications routes and threatening the environment
we are supposed to hand down to future generations.

The president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and
the state leadership are democratically elected by the citizens
of our country, who appreciate their contribution to the
protection of our vital state and national interests.

This
senseless farce cannot diminish the importance and prospects of
the political and diplomatic initiative of the president of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and our state leadership, aimed
at urgently halting the aggression and resuming the political
process and constructively resolving all open issues in
Kosovo-Metohija, and safeguarding the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of the country and the freedom and
dignity of our people.

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